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Tag: Terrorism
Opinion
The Hate We Give: Voting Against Violence
Lifting your voice can be subversive. This is a lesson learned by Starr Carter, the main character in Angie Thomas’s debut novel The Hate You Give. Thomas shattered that mold by crafting a complex narrative of the repeated messages that tell young people their lives have less meaning than others simply because of where they live, who they love and how they look. The book is an affirmation of the beauty of young people and their ability to challenge the boundaries of community both real and imagined: “Your voices matter, your dreams matter, your lives matter. Be the roses that grow in the concrete.” Let’s be roses. Together.”
October 29, 2018
Opinion
Refusing To Call a Terrorist a Terrorist
When serial bomber Mark Anthony Conditt blew himself up as police officers closed in on him, most if not all residents of Austin, Texas breathed a sigh of relief. But nobody in mainstream media seemed willing to call him a terrorist.
March 28, 2018
Students
Terrorism Considered Possible Motive in Attack at Ohio State
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Somali-born college student plowed his car into a group of pedestrians at Ohio State University and began stabbing people with a butcher knife Monday before he was shot to death by a police officer. Police said they are investigating whether it was a terrorist attack. Eleven people were hurt, one critically. […]
November 28, 2016
Students
Militants Attack American University in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan ― Militants attacked the American University of Afghanistan on Wednesday, according to an Associated Press photographer who was in class at the time. Massoud Hossaini said he was in a classroom with 15 students when he heard an explosion on the southern flank of the campus. “I went to the window to see […]
August 24, 2016
International
Bangladesh Attack Underscores that It’s No Summer of Freedom for U.S. College Students
From Orlando, to Turkey, to Bangladesh, the news of another violent outburst has marred the season those in higher ed usually associate with down time.
July 4, 2016
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